Nyangasa Surname
Approximately 2,822 people bear this surname
Nyangasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,616 | 1:20,238 | 2,563 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Zimbabwe | 51 | 1:302,711 | 30,394 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Nyangasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyangasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyangasa is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyangasa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 155,324th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 2,582,405 people. The last name Nyangasa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyangasa reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 2,616 people, or 1 in 20,238. In Tanzania Nyangasa is most numerous in: Tanga Region, where 50 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 22 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 8 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyangasia | 94 | 162 | / |
| Nyangasha | 94 | 128 | / |
| Nyangassa | 94 | 62 | / |
| Nyagasa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nyang'asia | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nyangasi | 88 | 4,591 | / |
| Niangasa | 88 | 727 | / |
| Nyangaza | 88 | 364 | / |
| Nyangase | 88 | 7 | / |
| Nyangaso | 88 | 5 | / |
| Nyongasa | 88 | 2 | / |
| Nyanghasi | 82 | 39 | / |
| Nyangashi | 82 | 5 | / |
| Nyangosay | 82 | 4 | / |
| Nyangassy | 82 | 4 | / |
| Nyangaise | 82 | 2 | / |
| Nyangaisi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nyangashe | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nyangossa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nyangosai | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nyagaza | 80 | 37 | / |
| Nyanaso | 80 | 7 | / |
| Nyanaza | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nyagosa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nyagaso | 80 | 1 | / |
| Niongasa | 75 | 271 | / |
| Nyangazi | 75 | 190 | / |
| Nyangoso | 75 | 27 | / |
| Nyamgosa | 75 | 10 | / |
| Nyangosi | 75 | 10 | / |
| Nyagacha | 75 | 5 | / |
| Njangasi | 75 | 4 | / |
| Njangase | 75 | 4 | / |
| Nyangoza | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nyongosa | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nyanacha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gnangasi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Niangasi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gnanasai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gnangassi | 71 | 157 | / |
| Nyangachi | 71 | 80 | / |
| Nihangaza | 71 | 25 | / |
| Nyang'oso | 71 | 6 | / |
| Niangossa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nyangosso | 71 | 1 | / |
| Niangasso | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nyang'ose | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nyagoso | 67 | 92 | / |
| Gnangassou | 67 | 14 | / |
| Nyangg'oso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gnangasssi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Njagaza | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nyangasa
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